Railway-tie.



A. KUSHLAN.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.3o. 1915.

l 91627495-, Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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Specification cf Letters Patent.

Patented nov. so, isis.

Application filed August 30, 1915. Serial No. 48,654.

To all ywhom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANTON KUSHLAN, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Washington, in the county of Tashington and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful 1mpiovements in Railway-Ties; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

vvMy invention relates to improvements in railway ties, and has for its main object to improve upon the rail `anchoring means to such an extent as to totally eliminate the use of fish plate, bolts, and spikes.

To this end, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tieconstructed in accordance withV my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. V3 is a longitudinal section as viewed on the planes designated by the line of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section as viewed on the plane of the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the movable rail chair to be described; Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a tie with the aforesaid chair removed, and Fig. 7 is a transverse section taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 3.

In these drawings which constitute a part of the application and in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 designates broadly the improved tie which may be constructed of metal, cement, or other appropriate material. One en d of the tie 1 is provided with a comparatively large abutment 2 on its upper .side extending inwardly an appropriate distance from the end proper of the tie and provided with a flat upright inner end 3 having formed therein a number of upright grooves 4.

Spaced inwardly from the abutment and suitably shaped to closely abut the inner side of a rail or the meeting ends of a pair of rails R as shown in the present embodiment, is an additional and smaller abutment 5 having therein a pair of horizontal openings 6 which extend longitudinally of the tie and which receive therein the ends of studs 7 which project laterally from a filling plate 9 through the usual openings formed in the meetingends of the rails lt. The plate 9 is so shaped as to closely contact with the side of the rail ends opposite that positioned against the abutment 5, and said plate is forced in binding contact with the rails by a vertically movable wedge 10 driven downwardly between said plate and the abutment 2, said wedge being provided withupright ribs 11 received in the grooves t, whereby shifting of said wedge longitudinally of the rai-ls is prevented.

For locking the wedge 10 against dislocation, a set screw 12 is Vthreaded downwardly and inwardly through (the abutment 2 into contact with said wedge, but in casev the screw 12 should accidentally become loosened, it becomes expedient to make some provision whereby the removal of the wedge 10 is prevented. To this end, the upper surface of the wedge is disposed flush or approximately iiush with the tread of the rails R, whereby even though the wedge may be loosened, it will be again forcibly driven in place by passage of the wheels of a train over the track.

It is to be observed that the spacing plate 9, not only provides a smooth fiat surface for contact with the wedge 10, but that the studs 7 on said plate serve as means for reliably connecting the meeting ends of the rails R.

The end of the tie 1 remote from the end equipped with the abutment 2, is provided with a rectangular recess 13 having undercut sectional side walls 111-, one of which is removable, and an undercut inner end wall 15, this recess constituting a guideway for the reception of a tongue 16 formed on the lower end of a iail chair 17, said tongue having its side, edges and its inner end shaped to conform to the shape of the walls 14 and 15. The outer end of the chair 17 is spaced an appropriate distance from the adjacent end of the tie 1 and such end is provided with an upstanding stop bar 18 likewise spaced from the end of the chair, whereby to allow a slight outward movement on the part of the latter, this movement being normally resisted by coiled springs 19 which bear against the stop bar 18 at their outer ends and are housed in cavities 20 formed in the outer end of the chair. By mounting the chair 17 in the manner above specified, when the ties are used upon curves, one rail may yield outwardly if undue lateral pressure is eier't'e'd thereon, thus orten preventing accident, the

yamount of movement being controlled by stops 2l which rise within the cavity 13 into elongated slot 22 formed in the tongue 16. The chair 1T is constructed similarly to the means for clamping in position the rails R, including the outer abutment 2, an inner abutment 5a for contact with the .rail ends R, a filling plate 9a having studs 7aV received by openings in the abutmenta and in the rails R', a ribbed wedge 10a driven downwardly between the abutment 2@ and the spacing plate 9, and a set screw 12a for locking said wedge against dislocation.

Both o1"- the wedges 10 and 10'LL are prefer ably provided on their under. sides with grooveswhereby an appropriate tapered pin or` ,wedge may be driven beneath said wedges to remove the same after firstv loosening the set screws 12' and 12a, some such' means Vbeing esse1itial. y y

rFrom the foregoing description, taken in connection.- with the accompanying drawings, it will be obvious although the con s'truotionol thetie is comparatively simple, its advantages will be numerous and its operation efficient. f d

y In the drawings, certain speci'c details of construction have been shown Jfor accom- Cpies of this patent may be obtained for-,five cents each, @addressing-the ""Coiiliiss'oner'of 'atnts, Y

pli'shing probably the best results, and in the `foregoing su'clrdetails have been 'described, but obviously I need not be restricted thereto otherwise than to the extent to which the appended claims limit me. I claim y LA railwaytieY having rail anchoring means at one end and having a longitudinally disposed guide way at its other end, a rail chairslidable in the guideway endwise oi' the tie, a stop carried by the' tie and ratestmny ii/hereof I have ,hereunto Sei my hand in :presence of two subscribing wit-v nesses. Y

' aNToN KUSHLAN..

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' T. JEFF. DUNCAN. 'y

Wasinagton, D. c.

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